Do I need Carbon Fibre???

[daysnways]

...or to answer it a lot more simply....

no, you need steel.

 

[TheJDog]

People who are beating you on Strava have better and more expensive bikes. Fact

 

[Mugshot]

People who are beating you on Strava have better and more expensive bikes. Fact

Doping too!!

 

[Drago]

The people beating me on Strava are shortarse whippets who weigh 130lbs wringing wet.

 

[TheJDog]

The people beating me on Strava are shortarse whippets who weigh 130lbs wringing wet.

That's the ones beating me on the hills. The ones beating me on the flats are the size of Marcel Kittel.

 

[vickster]

Nope, they have strava running while in the car

 

[Berties]

its what you get used to,my cf aero is my choice at the moment over my cf defy which makes my legs ache at the moment,but looking at my figures the defy i have ridden further and faster average speeds,but i can make my steel fly but not for so long ,i got more speed difference by changing wheels
the question is do i need it or do i want it?

 

[cyberknight]

The people beating me on Strava are shortarse whippets who weigh 130lbs wringing wet.

Bet you can descend well though

 

[Justinslow]

Got a 2nd place on one segment on strava tonight on my £400 Argos carbon bike
https://www.strava.com/activities/193125954

People who are beating you on Strava have better and more expensive bikes. Fact

Nah, they are just fitter and better than me (remember bikes don't go on their own, you still have to pedal the thing).

 

[outlash]

Got a 2nd place on one segment on strava tonight on my £400 Argos carbon bike
https://www.strava.com/activities/193125954

Nah, they are just fitter and better than me (remember bikes don't go on their own, you still have to pedal the thing).

Your theory is skewed there. That segment is downhill so a heavier bike (and rider) would be more beneficial .


Tony.

 

[Justinslow]

Your theory is skewed there. That segment is downhill so a heavier bike (and rider) would be more beneficial .


Tony.

Either way there are still 312 people behind me, and probably the majority on vastly more expensive bikes! (Look it's my first top 2, I'm going to ham it up a bit )

 

[bpsmith]

I'd be scary on a light carbon road bike,....all my road bikes are steel and heavy, but fairly comfy considering there unforgiving geometry.

I passed a guy on a carbon road bike today who had stopped, I'd completely forgot about him until about 5 miles later he passed me saying, blimey you took some catching up! I'd hazard a guess my bike cost about 2500 pounds less, weighs twice as much as his,.... mine also looks sexier and gets more admiring glances because it's retro and all these carbon ones look pretty much the same.... then again he'd probably done 100k and i'd just set out from work to come home!

My mtb is carbon though!

why not consider a nice custom steel bike, trick it out and you'll have something completely unique to you, it will be comfortable and if it breaks it can be fixed, it will never die.*

*don't quote me on that.

You'd done 3 miles before he started off again though...

 

[cashy293]

Thanks for the input guys. After 5 months of consideration I have finally taken the plunge and bought myself a Focus Cayo Evo 2.0 mainly based on the numerous reviews I have read like:

http://www.bikeradar.com/road/gear/category/bikes/road/product/review-focus-cayo-evo-2-0-14-48172/

I have taken to take the plunge without taking a test ride as my LBS (Tredz) doesnt stock Focus and I wanted to chose something a bit different as opposed to a Specialized or Giant etc but hopefully all will be fine.

Hopefully the weather will improve soon so I can get out on it.

 

[SteCenturion]

The people beating me on Strava are shortarse whippets who weigh 130lbs wringing wet.

Me too.....


what's Strava ?

 

[Drago]

It's a type of cake.